Rose is so popular I saw him signing autographs at the freekin Luxor in Vegas, and more people showed up to meet Chumley from Pawn Stars, and Chris Angel....all around the same time one afternoon. I walked right by Rose, and he had ZERO people waiting in line for a greet/autograph. Many have not forgotten the pik-6 at Turfway deal either.......

I have to respectfully disagree that Pete Rose is the greatest ballplayer of all time. Not even in the conversation. You COULD say the greatest SINGLES hitter of all time, but PLAYER would involve much more than hitting singles. It does, and always make for a great discussion.....but cant see that one. Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle (healthy) were much better ball players then Rose.

And compulsive gambling...broke the rules......kicked to the curb. End of story......treated like trainers who cheat should be treated.....DONE DEAL.....G'night Peety...TA-TA. His flip flop on the deal hurt him just as much as anything......

you are the one who is nutsrose and mays bat avg are virtually .302 vs .303rose has " 2 " gold gloves while mays has 12 even though his 1st 6 yrs there were no gold glove awardedrose has 1 mvp award while mays has 2 despite rose playing longermays voted 2nd in top 100 all time player list while rose did not make the list

While having serious longevity and of course all the singles....it could be easily argued Rose wasnt even the best player on his team at any given time. Bench is considered the BEST player at his position, while rose never really had a position. In Philly Mike Schmidt is widely considered on the short list of 3B's....again, this is just consensus.